The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division II level.

One-hundred-and-sixty-five institutions participated in the 2017-18 awards program and 10,219 student-athletes were recognized. This list included 296 student-athletes from Peach Belt Conference schools. The 30 Patriot honorees represented 12 different sports.

Seymour, Bustos Jaimes, Nelson, and Henning are three-time recipients of the award. DuBose, Oliver, Arnold, Welty, Krueger, Wintrich, and Garrison receive the honor for the second year in a row.

In order for a student-athlete to receive an Academic Achievement Award, the athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters).